National Museum of African American History and Culture
US Model 1842 percussion musket
Springfield Armory, American, 1777 - 1968 · ca. 1848
US Model 1842 Musket, a percussion lock musket with wooden gunstock and metal barrel and furniture. Etched into lock plate is [SPRING / FIELD / 1848]. Gunstock is damaged, possibly from rot, on what would be a right-handed wielder's side of the stock.
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